Since October 2019, Dr. Taza Schaming (Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative), Dr. Teresa Lorenz (U.S. Forest Service), and Dr. Alison Scoville (Central Washington University) have been collaborating on a Clark's nutcracker acoustic monitoring project in Washington's Cascades. They launched the first steps of a long-term citizen science project evaluating Clark's nutcracker occupancy within declining whitebark pine habitats, through a series of student-led projects.
Current students
Lauren Taracka spearheaded the Clark's nutcracker acoustic monitoring project in 2020, and is currently analyzing the occurrence data with occupancy models.
Watch Lauren's presentation here! Jasmine Ruiz, a MS student, is evaluating temporal and geographical changes in nutcracker diet using stable isotopes, using museum specimens.
|
Nancy Parra completed a set of whitebark pine habitat surveys in 2020 to compare current conditions with those from a decade ago. She plans to submit her manuscript for publication mid-May 2020.
Listen to Nancy's poster presentation here! Sidney Rees is updating and creating volunteer materials. |
Molly Spurrell is co-leading the 2021 acoustic monitoring fieldwork. She is currently managing the logistics for setting upp and testing the AudioMoth monitors. 
Julianna Narduzzi is is co-leading the 2021 acoustic monitoring fieldwork. Isak Larson is creating an automatic detector in Kaleidoscope, so we can run our thousands of hours of acoustic data through the detector without having to manually go through each day. Drew Bland participated in 2020 fieldwork, and is conducting a monitor radius study. |
Previous students
Benedict Reyes (2020-2021) carried out fieldwork and spearheaded habitat data transcription, organization and summary analysis.
Lilly Fewell (2020-2021) developed initial stages of an acoustic monitor in RavenPro.
Benedict Reyes (2020-2021) carried out fieldwork and spearheaded habitat data transcription, organization and summary analysis.
Lilly Fewell (2020-2021) developed initial stages of an acoustic monitor in RavenPro.
Please contact me (tazaschaming@gmail.com) or Alison Scoville (Scoville@cwu.edu) if you want more information on how to get involved!
Photo credits Alison Scoville
